Dry eye syndrome must be no stranger to you
A friend said, isn't it the eyes that do it?
A few drops of eye drops will not do
Hey, stop
Dry eye is not as simple as you think
Ms. Su, a 26-year-old designer in Hankou, Wuhan, is a designer at an advertising agency, drawing on a computer at work, and a mobile phone and tablet after work. Recently, Ms. Su often has a feeling of dizziness, at first she did not think much of it, but the symptoms of dizziness and inability to see things are getting more and more serious, and even staring at the mobile phone screen for more than 10 minutes, there will be a strong feeling of dizziness and tingling. Eventually, she went to the hospital for a comprehensive physical examination and was diagnosed with moderate dry eye, and the cornea had a punctate fracture that needed to be solved by dry eye treatment. (Source: Hubei Daily)
Coincidentally
Recently Ms. Zhang from Hubei
It is also because of eye discomfort to go to the hospital for medical treatment
I didn't expect that
The doctor found something strange in her eyes
Ms. Zhang is a white-collar worker in a company who has to face the computer eight hours a day and likes to brush her mobile phone after work. Since the beginning of this year, she has always felt that her eyes hurt, her hair is red and dry, she is afraid of light, loves to cry, and is very uncomfortable. After going to the hospital, after examination, the doctor squeezed something like toothpaste out of her eyelid glands, and it was this one that blocked her eyelid plate, and she was a moderate to severe dry eye patient. Ophthalmologists say that dry eye can cause irritation, dryness, pain, affecting normal life and rest; heavy can cause corneal ulcers, even perforation, and finally blindness. (Source: Wuhan TV "Minsheng E Line" column)
Is dry eye severely at risk of blindness?
Dry eye is actually keratoconjunctival seros
The reason for this is that the tear film is qualitative or quantitative or kinetic abnormalities
Causes some discomfort localized to the eye
It even causes damage to some local structures
When it comes to dry eyes, I have to mention the small tear film
In fact, it has a great effect
It has a role in 4 aspects
The first and most important thing is to moisturize the eye surface
Leave our eyes dry and especially moist
The second one it was able to fill
Natural pits formed on the surface of the eyeball
So it makes us see it very clearly
Keep the entire eyeball a smooth spherical surface
The third tear film contains some lysozyme components
It can block the invasion of many microorganisms
The fourth can maintain the supply of nutrients and oxygen to the cornea
If the role of these aspects is not achieved
That will cause a lot of problems
For example, you can't defend against attacks from pathogenic microorganisms
Infection is likely
If you can't provide nutrients for the cornea
The cornea becomes cloudy
Serious cases may lead to the risk of blindness
What is the disease of eyelid extrusion of "toothpaste"?
The meibomian glands are located inside the eyelid plate
It is arranged vertically with the eyelid margin and opens at the eyelid margin
Its function is to secrete lipids
Let these oils moisturize the entire eye surface
It plays a role in locking water and moisturizing
I can squeeze out something like "toothpaste"
The description is abnormal grease
Because normally good meibomian glands
The melting point of the oil it produces is low, about 35 ° C
So that's to say at room temperature
Grease is liquid
After it is secreted, it is coated on the surface of the eye by blinking
But for various reasons something inside the meibomian glands
The oil has changed in its properties or composition
The melting point of the grease is increased, more than 40°
So at room temperature it's a solid state
So a squeeze is "toothpaste"-like
Dry eye ≠ dehydration of the eyes
The tear film is divided into three layers from front to back
The first layer is the most superficial layer of grease
In the middle is the water sample layer
Then closest to the eyeball is the mucin layer
All three of these layers are indispensable and very important ingredients
The second friend in the news had a blocked meibomian gland
I also love to shed tears
It should be a lack of oil
There are two common types of dry eye
The first is the evaporation of the strong type, that is, the lack of oil
In other words, less oil is secreted
The water evaporated if it could not be preserved
Water shortage caused by lack of oil
There is also a type called water sample liquid insufficiency
In fact, the lack of oil and water is ultimately a lack of water
But the reasons are different
One is a false lack of water, which I have enough water for myself
But because the oil is not enough, evaporation is fast, and there is a lack of water
One is that there is no water
But there are more people who are clinically deficient in oil, accounting for about 60%
And such people continue to increase
Especially in young people with strong oil production
And the proportion of elderly people inside is greater
How do you know if you have been approached by dry eye syndrome?
It is said that there is a ten-second self-test dry eye method on the Internet?
Test whether you have dry eye, open the stopwatch, blink your eyes twice and start the timer, if you can't stick to ten seconds without blinking, or there are acid, tired, pain and other conditions in the back, then you may have dry eye.
There is some truth to this approach
But it can't be used entirely to determine whether it is dry eye or not
Because some people, although he does it, he can also last a long time
Some people are not long though
But he probably wasn't because of dry eye
It could be some other disease
So use this to determine dry eye
It is easy to miss or misdiagnose
Although I don't know if I have dry eye, when the eyes are uncomfortable, especially when the eyes are dry and unconsciously love to blink more, what is the matter?
Blinking is also called instantaneous activity
It is actually a natural reaction of the human body
It can be played through the movement of the eyelids
The action of uniform coating of the tear film on the surface of the eye
It moisturizes the eye surface
So it's just an involuntary activity
Of course, if you are uncomfortable, you will blink more
Another effect of blinking is that it can make
The extraocular muscles or retina receive a short rest
But use this to determine whether there is dry eye disease
Maybe a little bit harder
With these symptoms, dry eye may come to the door?
1, yawn no longer have tears, or just slightly wet eyes;
2, when you wake up, you feel that your eyes are dry and dry, and you feel like you haven't closed your eyes overnight;
3, afraid of the wind, walking in the wind needs to squint your eyes, or close your eyes;
4. The eyes have a foreign body feeling.
Yawning without tears is not necessarily dry eye
But after waking up, the eyes are dry for sure
Because we just said that
The eyes are normally blinking
The tear film can then be applied evenly on the surface of the eye
While sleeping
In fact, you have been keeping your eyes closed all night
No blinking
In fact, it cannot completely coat the tear film on the surface of the eye
If you have dry eye syndrome yourself
When you wake up in the morning, you feel very dry
And some patients said I woke up in the middle of the night
My eyes were as dry as sand
This is actually a typical symptom of dry eye
Another one said there were no tears after yawning
Not necessarily
Because of our eyes
The tear film is first produced from the lacrimal glands at the outer upper frame edge
It is then applied to the surface of the eye through the movement of the eyelids
Finally, there are two eyes above and below the inner corner of the eye
The nasal tear tube enters the nose and flows away
But when you have to yawn
Facial muscles can shrink
After the crease, it is possible to temporarily compress and block the nasolacrimal duct
Causing tears to spill out of the eye and flow to the face
But some people yawn when they do
The muscles used are not the same
He may not be able to cause the sewers to be completely blocked without shedding tears
So yawning without shedding tears is not necessarily dry eye
Dry eyes are a very typical manifestation of dry eye
But there are some other diseases
There may also be dry eyes
Therefore, it cannot be determined by dry eyes alone
In the end there is no dry eye
Or get a good look at it from a regular medical institution
Peach: I just often cry in the wind, but usually my eyes don't feel dry.
Red Valley: There is a foreign body sensation or inflammation, right? I've had conjunctivitis before and I always feel like something is grinding in my eyes.
Tears are the same as yawning and tears
Because of the tears of the wind it is also human
A physiological protective effect
Especially when encountering cold winds
People's facial muscles will shrink
Causes temporary obstruction of the nasolacrimal ducts
So the people who greet the wind and tears
Not necessarily a real problem
A large proportion of people are physiologically tearful
Having a foreign body sensation is not only a manifestation of dry eye
There are many diseases that may have a foreign body sensation
For example, conjunctivitis, keratitis, scleritis, iritis
And for example
There is a foreign body of the cornea or a conjunctival sac into something
Foreign body sensation may occur
So don't miss other diseases
Dry eye actually has many symptoms
The most common are dry eyes, astringent eyes, and a foreign body sensation
Itchy eyes, swollen eyes, refractive errors
There will even be people
A range of fatigue syndromes
For example, eye pain, eye swelling
Headache, tight head, dizziness and a series of other manifestations
But don't worry about diagnosing yourself first
A professional examination is required
What should I do if I have dry eye?
The first treatment option for dry eye is eye drops
But be sure to pick the right one
The most commonly used is artificial tears
But artificial tear fluid is also divided into many kinds
Use artificial tears without preservatives
Many people like to put on eye drops before going to bed
In fact, this is a bad habit
Because most of the eye drops are inside
They all have preservatives
Long-term use is very damaging to your eye surface
In the end, it becomes a drug-derived dry eye and it is not worth the loss
Dry eye has some serious people
Hormones may also be added
Or it is an immunochemical type
This need to follow the doctor's advice, can not choose their own
There is no need to worry about dependence with artificial tears
Because dependencies refer to
If you withdraw the medicine, it will be more serious
But mild dry eye
It may take a while and then after a break
The symptoms are relieved
If it is heavy, it may need to be used for a long time
Eye drops without preservatives
to deal with some of the symptoms of dry eye
Drip artificial tears, which is a reliable operation for dry eye syndrome
It's just, in the eyes of some friends
This operation is a bit too routine and they are not quite satisfied
So someone on the Internet summed it up
"Advanced operations" specifically for dry eye syndrome
A cheat that specializes in dealing with dry eye
1. Apply a warm compress for the eyes, with a hot towel twice a day for eight minutes.
2. Do a meibomian gland massage. You can use a hot towel on the eyes, generally continue to apply heat for 10-15 minutes, and then perform eyelid massage, along the direction of the meibomian glands, massage from top to bottom, preferably with a cotton swab without using your hands.
Hot compress massage is only suitable for dry eye disease of the oil-deficient type
The hot compress softened it and turned into a thin paste
Then massage
But the massage is done right
Apply a hot compress for about 10 minutes, then wash your hands
One hand holds the eyelids
Massage the other hand vertically on the eyelid edge
Massage from the rim of the frame all the way to the edge of the eyelid
Allow the entire originally vertical meibomian gland to unblock
Squeeze out the stuff that's stuck inside
Roll your eyelids open and massage upwards
Do it 2 to 3 times a day
The long-term persistence effect is still relatively good
Of course, you can also go to the hospital to do it
The hospital does it more vigorously
It is necessary to apply hot compresses or fumigate after anesthesia
Then use equipment with instruments to press
The hospital may be more exact
But you can't do it three times a day in a hospital
You can't always go every day
So if you insist on it at home
The effect is also very good
There is a saying on the Internet that dry eye disease is an "incurable disease", which can only alleviate but cannot be cured, I want to ask if this is the case?
If mild
Actually rest by removing the cause
Tap some eye drops to slowly alleviate it
But serious ones may have to use eye drops all the time
But it does not reach the point of incurable disease
These habits make you get dry eye?
The causes of dry eye are divided into several types
The most common is also the one that causes dry eye the most
It is the use of electronic product screens
There are also some people who wear contact lenses for a long time
This also causes dry eye
One of the more common causes
So it's better to have frame mirrors
The third is people who wear makeup for a long time
Easy to get dry eye
The fourth is that there are other diseases of the whole body
Or long-term use of some drugs
Therefore, the most important treatment for dry eye disease is to remove the cause
Here's a recommendation for everyone a 202020 principle
That's when you look at the screen for more than 20 minutes
It's 20 feet away (6 meters) and beyond
Gaze for more than 20 seconds
to relieve fatigue throughout the eye
Reduces this state that causes dry eye
Healthy and light
Source: New North